By Jane Gracielo, on April 19th, 2013% 
With Google’s introduction of their new wearable hardware, they held a contest in February giving an opportunity for the winners to have the first batch and try the the Google Glass. But being a winner of this contest is not always an upside. Google is also asking $1,500 for the spectacles and the privilege of being a “Glasshole”. But the positive side is they are going to be the first who can have the Google Glass and get to try them before it reaches mainstream sale.
But there is this one student who also won the . . . → Read More: Google Glass Bids on eBay Reached $95,300 Before Seller Realizes Restriction of Resale
By Jharma Mulchandani, on April 3rd, 2013% 
Facebook is popularly anticipated to unveil a new operating system handled on Google’s android platform in an event due for Thursday. Rumors suggest that the social networking giant will release their own smartphone over HTC hardwares.
According to a tweet from the popular “evleaks”, which has been reporting unreleased phone rumors before their official announcements, said that HTC First could be the hardware for the Facebook OS.
Rumors about the smartphone developed by social networking giant has been making the rounds for quite a while already. But this time, is seems to be becoming true.
Latest rumors suggests that Facebook . . . → Read More: Facebook Phone Leaks Before Event
By Jan Paul Ronaldo Manching, on March 25th, 2013% 
Law makers in West Virginia wants to ban the wearing of head-mounted displays such as the Google glass while driving in their state. This is an extension of the law banning phone calls and text messaging while driving or simply using any electronic devices while driving.
According to Gary G. Howell, the host of the bill, in an interview from CNET he said “I actually like the idea of the product and I believe it is the future, but last legislature we worked long and hard on a no-texting-and-driving law. It is mostly the young that . . . → Read More: Will West Virginia Ban Google Glasses while Driving?
By Imee Celine Lenoir, on July 24th, 2012% 
The extremely popular, classic-looking, world-building game or whatever you call it, Minecraft, just set a record of surpassing 3 millions sales in its debut on Xbox 360 consoles in just a short period of time. Just proves how much people love this game.
A tweet coming from the Notch Persson, the founder of Mojang – maker of the game, said “I got told Minecraft for XBLA passed three million sales today!”. An Xbox version of the game was released on May 9.
The number of registrations in its official site, Minecraft.net, keeps piling up and growing. 35 . . . → Read More: Minecraft for Xbox 360 Reached 3 Million Sales Mark in just 2 Months
By Imee Celine Lenoir, on May 21st, 2012% 
Nintendo is surely up to something good for the gamers and fans of the Wii U out there. A photo of the next genaration Wii U is circulating around in Twitter – but after a few moments the original source removed the photo. The tweet is coming from a QA tester for Traveler’s Tales, some report claims it was an accident.
A couple of guys saved the photo like GamesRadar and compared it to the previous model of the Wii U. In the leaked photo, it shows analog sticks which are not available in the previous . . . → Read More: Photos of Next Generation Nintendo Wii U Leaked in Twitter
By Jan Paul Ronaldo Manching, on October 5th, 2011% 
The chief executive of Salesforce.com, Marc Benioff, and onetime friend Larry Ellison, CEO of Oracle, said he is removed as the speaker of the OpenWorld conference by Oracle that will commence this week in San Francisco. He blames his friend Ellison for this move.
According to a tweet from Benioff’s twitter he said, “Larry just cancelled my keynote tomorrow! Beware of the false cloud,”Benioff is undeterred despite of his removal and announced that he moved his appearance to the St. Regis. “The show must go on! Sorry Larry!”, he said.
According to a statement, . . . → Read More: Benioff Blames Ellison for his Removal at OpenWorld Conference as Speaker
By Jane Gracielo, on September 7th, 2011% 
Prosecutors in Mexico are following a sabotage and terrorism charges against the two twitter users who tweeted a false report that there is an attack by drug gangs in progress in a local elementary school.
In the tweet, they falsely claim that gunmen attack several schools in Veracruz, a Mexican State, and kidnapped or injured some children. A prosecutor linked this mass panic due to the erroneous tweets to Orson Wells’s 1938 radio broadcast and claimed that there were 26 traffic related accidents because parents rushed to the schools to save their children.
Charges . . . → Read More: Terrorism Charges Against Twitter Users
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Terrorism Charges Against Twitter Users
Prosecutors in Mexico are following a sabotage and terrorism charges against the two twitter users who tweeted a false report that there is an attack by drug gangs in progress in a local elementary school.
In the tweet, they falsely claim that gunmen attack several schools in Veracruz, a Mexican State, and kidnapped or injured some children. A prosecutor linked this mass panic due to the erroneous tweets to Orson Wells’s 1938 radio broadcast and claimed that there were 26 traffic related accidents because parents rushed to the schools to save their children.
Charges . . . → Read More: Terrorism Charges Against Twitter Users